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The Mi-8 was the Soviet workhorse and improvised gunship of the 1979-89 war in Afghanistan, and the type has since seen combat across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and, most recently, the war in Ukraine, both as a transport and, in armed versions, as a gunship.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Which countries operate the Mi-8 \/ Mi-17?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"More than 100 nations have operated the Hip, from the former Soviet states and Warsaw Pact members to air forces and civil operators across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America - making it one of the most widely exported helicopters ever built.\"}}]}<\/script> <\/p>\n<header class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"hero-media\"><img data-opt-id=775986915  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-8-hip-helicopters-formation-moscow-scaled.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Russian Mil Mi-8 Hip transport helicopters flying in formation over Moscow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap hero-in\">\n<div class=\"crumb\"><a href=\"\/aircraft\/\">Military Aircraft Encyclopedia<\/a> \u203a <span>Transport Helicopter<\/span> \u203a <span>Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 Hip<\/span><\/div>\n<h1>Mil Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 Hip<br \/><em>\u201cThe world\u2019s helicopter\u201d<\/em><\/h1>\n<p class=\"sub\">The Soviet Union\u2019s definitive medium helicopter and the <strong>most-produced helicopter in history<\/strong>: a twin-turbine, five-blade machine with a cavernous cabin and clamshell rear doors, built to carry troops, cargo, VIPs and weapons alike \u2014 first flown in 1961, and still in production and frontline service more than 60 years later as the Mi-17 and Mi-171.<\/p>\n<div class=\"statstrip\">\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>~250 km\/h<\/b><span>Max speed \u00b7 ~135 kn<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>17,000+<\/b><span>Built \u00b7 most-produced helicopter ever<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>1961\u2013present<\/b><span>First flight to today<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>100+<\/b><span>Nations operating the Hip<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit\">Photo: Sergey Kustov (CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"chips\"><span class=\"chip\"><b>Role<\/b> Medium transport &amp; utility helicopter<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Era<\/b> 1965\u2013present<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Engine<\/b> 2 \u00d7 Klimov TV2-117 \/ TV3-117 turboshaft<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Origin<\/b> USSR \u00b7 Mil (Russian Helicopters)<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Status<\/b> In production &amp; frontline service<\/span><a class=\"chip fly\" href=\"#faq\">Can you fly in a Mil Mi-8?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The Story<\/div>\n<h2>The Mil Mi-8 Hip: how the Soviet Union built the world\u2019s helicopter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cols\" style=\"margin-top:22px\">\n<div>\n<p>At the end of the 1950s the <strong>Mil Design Bureau<\/strong>, founded by <strong>Mikhail Mil<\/strong>, set out to give the Soviet Union a modern turbine-powered medium helicopter to replace the piston-engined Mi-4. The design, the <strong>V-8<\/strong>, first flew on <strong>24 June 1961<\/strong> with a single turboshaft; a definitive <strong>twin-engine<\/strong> version followed in 1962. That two-engine layout \u2014 safer, more powerful, and endlessly adaptable \u2014 became the production <strong>Mi-8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>What Mil created was less a single aircraft than a platform. The Mi-8 pairs a big, square, <strong>uninterrupted cabin<\/strong> and <strong>clamshell rear doors<\/strong> with a <strong>five-blade main rotor<\/strong> and two turboshafts mounted above the cabin. The same airframe could be a troop transport, a flying ambulance, a VIP \u201cSalon\u201d, an electronic-warfare platform, a search-and-rescue machine, a firefighter \u2014 or, with weapons on stub pylons, a gunship.<\/p>\n<p>Built in enormous numbers at <strong>Kazan<\/strong> and <strong>Ulan-Ude<\/strong>, the Mi-8 and its upgraded, export designation the <strong>Mi-17<\/strong> became the most-produced helicopter ever made \u2014 commonly cited at <strong>more than 17,000 aircraft<\/strong> \u2014 and one of the most widely exported, serving with <strong>over 100 nations<\/strong>. More than sixty years after its first flight it remains in production as the Mi-17 and Mi-171 family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pull\">\u201cOne airframe, a hundred jobs: the Mi-8 could carry troops, cargo, casualties or rockets \u2014 which is why the whole world bought it.\u201d<cite><b>On the Hip\u2019s versatility<\/b><\/cite><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"deepset\">\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">01<\/span><span class=\"t\">Why the Mil Mi-8 Hip exists: replacing the Mi-4 with turbine power<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>By the late 1950s the Soviet Army needed a helicopter that could do what the piston-engined Mi-4 could not: lift more, fly faster and operate more reliably using the new generation of <strong>turboshaft engines<\/strong>. Mikhail Mil\u2019s bureau answered with the V-8, whose second prototype introduced the pair of engines that defined the type.<\/p>\n<p>Twin turboshafts gave two crucial advantages \u2014 far more installed power, and the ability to keep flying on one engine if the other failed. Combined with a roomy cabin sized for a squad or a light vehicle, the formula was so sound that it has been refined rather than replaced for six decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">02<\/span><span class=\"t\">The Mil Mi-8 Hip\u2019s NATO name and the Mi-8\/Mi-17 designations<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>NATO assigned the type the reporting name <strong>\u201cHip\u201d<\/strong>. In Soviet and Russian service the baseline transport is the <strong>Mi-8<\/strong> (early versions with Klimov TV2-117 engines); the re-engined, more powerful version with TV3-117 engines is the <strong>Mi-8MT<\/strong>, and its export designation is the <strong>Mi-17<\/strong>. Modern commercial and military variants are marketed as the <strong>Mi-171<\/strong> and <strong>Mi-172<\/strong>. Different names, one closely related family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Design &amp; Engineering<\/div>\n<h2>How the Mil Mi-8 Hip works: engines, rotor and that enormous cabin<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cards3\">\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"num\">01<\/div>\n<h3>Two Klimov turboshafts above the cabin<\/h3>\n<p>The Mi-8 is powered by <strong>two Klimov turboshafts<\/strong> mounted side by side on top of the fuselage \u2014 <strong>TV2-117<\/strong> engines on early Mi-8T aircraft, uprated <strong>TV3-117<\/strong> engines on the Mi-8MT\/Mi-17. Two engines mean redundancy and the power to lift heavy loads from hot, high or rough strips where a single-engine helicopter would struggle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"num\">02<\/div>\n<h3>A five-blade rotor and a rugged airframe<\/h3>\n<p>A large <strong>five-blade main rotor<\/strong> roughly 21 m across, driven through a central gearbox, gives the Hip its lift; a three-blade tail rotor counters torque. The airframe is deliberately <strong>simple and rugged<\/strong>, built to be maintained in the field with basic tooling \u2014 a key reason the type spread to so many air forces and operators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"num\">03<\/div>\n<h3>A cavernous cabin and clamshell doors<\/h3>\n<p>The Hip\u2019s signature is its <strong>big square cabin<\/strong> with <strong>clamshell rear loading doors<\/strong> and a large sliding side door. It swallows <strong>24\u201328 troops<\/strong>, 12 stretchers, cargo, or a light vehicle, and can sling loads underneath. On armed versions, stub pylons carry rocket pods, bombs and gun pods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"deepset\">\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">03<\/span><span class=\"t\">The Mil Mi-8 Hip\u2019s cabin: troops, cargo, casualties and underslung loads<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>Inside, the Mi-8 typically carries around <strong>24\u201328 troops<\/strong>, or about <strong>12 stretchers<\/strong> plus attendants in the medical role, or cargo and light vehicles loaded through the rear clamshell doors. Internal payload is on the order of <strong>4,000&nbsp;kg<\/strong>, with roughly <strong>3,000&nbsp;kg<\/strong> carried as an external sling load; exact figures vary with variant, fuel, altitude and temperature.<\/p>\n<p>That flexible cabin is the whole point of the design. The same aircraft can be reconfigured for passengers, freight, casualty evacuation, VIP transport, electronic warfare or firefighting, which is why the Mi-8\/Mi-17 became a universal workhorse across civil and military operators alike.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">04<\/span><span class=\"t\">The Mil Mi-8 Hip family: from the Mi-8T to the Mi-17, Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-171<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>The early <strong>Mi-8T<\/strong> transport used TV2-117 engines. The <strong>Mi-8MT \/ Mi-17<\/strong> introduced more powerful TV3-117 engines and a tail rotor moved to the port side, greatly improving hot-and-high performance. Armed versions include the <strong>Mi-8TV<\/strong> and the modern <strong>Mi-8AMTSh \u201cTerminator\u201d<\/strong>, while civil and modernised military machines are sold as the <strong>Mi-171<\/strong> and <strong>Mi-172<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Specialised sub-variants have filled almost every helicopter role: airborne command posts, electronic-warfare and jamming platforms (Mi-8PP\/SMV), search-and-rescue and polar versions, and VIP \u201cSalon\u201d interiors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">05<\/span><span class=\"t\">Who builds the Mil Mi-8 Hip: Mil, Kazan, Ulan-Ude and Russian Helicopters<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>The Hip was designed by the <strong>Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant<\/strong> and built in vast numbers at two factories: <strong>Kazan Helicopters<\/strong> and the <strong>Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant<\/strong>. Both are today part of <strong>Russian Helicopters<\/strong>, the state rotorcraft holding, which continues to build and modernise Mi-8\/Mi-17\/Mi-171 aircraft for domestic and export customers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Specifications<\/div>\n<h2>Mil Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 Hip specifications: dimensions, performance and cost<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-note\">Baseline note: the figures below describe the <strong>Mi-8MTV-5<\/strong>, exported as the <strong>Mi-17V-5<\/strong> <span class=\"imp\">(NATO: Hip-H)<\/span> &mdash; the second-generation, TV3-117VM-engined, rear-ramp standard that is the most widely delivered military Hip of the last thirty years and the version still coming off the lines at Kazan and Ulan-Ude. The original <strong>Mi-8T<\/strong> <span class=\"imp\">(Hip-C)<\/span> of 1967 is a materially different aeroplane: TV2-117 engines of barely two-thirds the power, a starboard pusher tail rotor, clamshell rear doors instead of a ramp, and a hover ceiling low enough to matter in the mountains. The <strong>Mi-8AMTSh<\/strong> <span class=\"imp\">(Mi-171Sh, marketed as the &quot;Terminator&quot;)<\/span> is the Ulan-Ude-built armed assault version with armour, an electro-optical turret and guided missiles. Deltas for those marks are in <span class=\"imp\">grey<\/span>. Published Hip figures vary widely because the family spans sixty years and dozens of sub-marks; where Jane&rsquo;s and the manufacturer disagree the better-attested value is given and the alternative noted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"specgrid three\">\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Dimensions &amp; weights<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Crew<\/dt>\n<dd>3 &mdash; pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer <span class=\"imp\">(the engineer doubles as door gunner and load master on armed and assault fits)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Cabin<\/dt>\n<dd>24 equipped troops on tip-up seats; up to 36 in the high-density fit on the MTV-5 <span class=\"imp\">(the Mi-8T seated 24, and 28 at a squeeze)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Main rotor diameter<\/dt>\n<dd>21.29 m <span class=\"imp\">(69 ft 10 in)<\/span>, five all-metal blades, fully articulated<\/dd>\n<dt>Disc area<\/dt>\n<dd>356 m&sup2; <span class=\"imp\">(3,832 sq ft)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Tail rotor<\/dt>\n<dd>3.91 m <span class=\"imp\">(12 ft 10 in)<\/span>, three blades &mdash; moved from starboard to port and reversed to a tractor on the second-generation Mi-8MT, which bought a useful margin of yaw authority in the hover<\/dd>\n<dt>Fuselage length<\/dt>\n<dd>18.42 m <span class=\"imp\">(60 ft 5 in)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Length, rotors turning<\/dt>\n<dd>25.35 m <span class=\"imp\">(83 ft 2 in)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Height<\/dt>\n<dd>5.65 m <span class=\"imp\">(18 ft 6 in)<\/span> to the top of the rotor head<\/dd>\n<dt>Cabin dimensions<\/dt>\n<dd>5.34 &times; 2.34 &times; 1.80 m <span class=\"imp\">(17 ft 6 in &times; 7 ft 8 in &times; 5 ft 11 in)<\/span> &mdash; a genuinely square box, which is why the type carries so much awkward freight<\/dd>\n<dt>Empty weight<\/dt>\n<dd>~7,200 kg <span class=\"imp\">(15,870 lb) &mdash; equipment fit moves this by several hundred kilogrammes; the Mi-171A2 is quoted at 7,489 kg (16,510 lb)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Normal take-off weight<\/dt>\n<dd>11,100 kg <span class=\"imp\">(24,470 lb)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Maximum take-off weight<\/dt>\n<dd>13,000 kg <span class=\"imp\">(28,660 lb); 13,500 kg (29,760 lb) with an under-slung load on the Mi-171A2<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Internal payload<\/dt>\n<dd>4,000 kg <span class=\"imp\">(8,820 lb)<\/span> through the rear ramp and the port cargo door<\/dd>\n<dt>External sling load<\/dt>\n<dd>4,000 kg <span class=\"imp\">(8,820 lb); 5,000 kg (11,020 lb) on the Mi-171A2<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Disc loading<\/dt>\n<dd>36.5 kg\/m&sup2; <span class=\"imp\">(7.5 lb\/sq ft) at maximum weight &mdash; low, which is a large part of why the Hip lifts well, lands on soft ground and autorotates forgivingly<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Performance<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Never-exceed speed<\/dt>\n<dd>250 km\/h <span class=\"imp\">(155 mph, 135 kt)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Maximum cruise<\/dt>\n<dd>230 km\/h <span class=\"imp\">(143 mph, 124 kt)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Economical cruise<\/dt>\n<dd>205 km\/h <span class=\"imp\">(127 mph, 111 kt)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Maximum speed, slung load<\/dt>\n<dd>200 km\/h <span class=\"imp\">(124 mph, 108 kt)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Rate of climb<\/dt>\n<dd>8 m\/s <span class=\"imp\">(1,575 ft\/min)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Service ceiling<\/dt>\n<dd>6,000 m <span class=\"imp\">(19,685 ft); the Mi-8T managed 4,500 m (14,760 ft)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Hover ceiling, out of ground effect<\/dt>\n<dd>3,980 m <span class=\"imp\">(13,060 ft)<\/span> &mdash; against roughly 800 m <span class=\"imp\">(2,625 ft)<\/span> for the Mi-8T. This single number is what the TV3-117 bought, and it is the difference between being able to land on an Afghan or Kashmiri ridgeline and not<\/dd>\n<dt>Range, standard internal fuel<\/dt>\n<dd>495 km <span class=\"imp\">(308 mi) on Jane&rsquo;s figures for the Mi-8MT; the manufacturer quotes 800 km (497 mi) for the Mi-171A2 on a fuller tank<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Ferry range<\/dt>\n<dd>960 km <span class=\"imp\">(595 mi)<\/span> with auxiliary cabin tanks<\/dd>\n<dt>Endurance<\/dt>\n<dd>~3 h on internal fuel; longer with cabin tanks, at the direct cost of payload<\/dd>\n<dt>Operating temperature<\/dt>\n<dd>&minus;50 to +50 &deg;C <span class=\"imp\">(&minus;58 to +122 &deg;F)<\/span> cleared on the Mi-171E &mdash; the Hip&rsquo;s least glamorous and most valuable quality<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable wide\">\n<h4>Propulsion &amp; systems<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Engines<\/dt>\n<dd>2 &times; Klimov TV3-117VM free-turbine turboshafts <span class=\"imp\">(the Mi-8T had 2 &times; Klimov TV2-117A; late-build and re-engined aircraft have the Klimov VK-2500)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Power<\/dt>\n<dd>1,640 kW <span class=\"imp\">(2,200 shp)<\/span> each at take-off <span class=\"imp\">&mdash; against 1,103 kW (1,480 shp) each for the TV2-117A on the Mi-8T, 1,454 kW (1,950 shp) for the TV3-117MT on the Mi-8MT, and 1,790 kW (2,400 shp) rising to 2,010 kW (2,700 shp) emergency for the VK-2500<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Transmission<\/dt>\n<dd>VR-14 main gearbox &mdash; deliberately rated below the combined engine output, so the aircraft keeps power in hand for one-engine-inoperative work and for hot-and-high hovering rather than for speed<\/dd>\n<dt>Rotor system<\/dt>\n<dd>Five-blade fully articulated main rotor, NACA 23012 section, with a three-blade tail rotor; blades are all-metal with a steel spar and honeycomb-filled trailing sections<\/dd>\n<dt>Auxiliary power unit<\/dt>\n<dd>AI-9V, giving self-contained engine starting and ground electrical power &mdash; a large part of why the type works from unprepared strips with no support<\/dd>\n<dt>Fuel<\/dt>\n<dd>~3,700 L <span class=\"imp\">(977 US gal, 814 imp gal)<\/span> in two conformal external side tanks plus a service tank; one or two auxiliary cabin tanks optional<\/dd>\n<dt>Radar &amp; navigation<\/dt>\n<dd>Nose-radome weather and mapping radar from the Mi-8MTV-1 onward; DISS Doppler navigation set under the tail boom; satellite navigation and a partial glass cockpit on the Mi-171A2 and Mi-8MTV-5-1<\/dd>\n<dt>Sights &amp; sensors<\/dt>\n<dd>PKV collimating sight for unguided stores; the Mi-8MTKO, Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-171Sh add a GOES-series gyrostabilised electro-optical turret with thermal imaging and a laser designator, and night-vision-compatible cockpit lighting<\/dd>\n<dt>Self-protection<\/dt>\n<dd>ASO-2V flare dispensers, EVU exhaust infrared suppressors and the L-166V1A &quot;Ispanka&quot; infrared jammer; late Russian aircraft carry the President-S directional infrared countermeasures suite. Armed marks add titanium and steel plate around the cockpit and engine bays<\/dd>\n<dt>First flight<\/dt>\n<dd>June 1961 &mdash; the single-engine V-8 prototype <span class=\"imp\">(some sources give 7 July 1961, the date of its Tushino appearance)<\/span>; the twin-engine V-8A flew on 2 August 1962, the first Soviet helicopter with purpose-designed turboshafts<\/dd>\n<dt>Service entry<\/dt>\n<dd>1967, with the Soviet Air Force, as the Mi-8T<\/dd>\n<dt>Number built<\/dt>\n<dd>Over 17,000 across the Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-171 family and still in production at Kazan and Ulan-Ude <span class=\"imp\">&mdash; the most-produced helicopter in history by a very wide margin, and one of the most-produced aircraft of any kind. Exact totals are unpublished and the figure is an accumulation of plant records rather than an audited count<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"deepset\">\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">06<\/span><span class=\"t\">Mil Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 variants: from the Mi-8T to the Mi-17, Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-171<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p><strong>Mi-8T<\/strong> \u2014 the baseline transport with TV2-117 engines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mi-8TV \/ TVK<\/strong> \u2014 armed versions with stub pylons for rockets, bombs and gun pods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mi-8MT \/ Mi-17<\/strong> \u2014 re-engined with more powerful TV3-117 turboshafts and much improved hot-and-high performance; the Mi-17 is the export designation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mi-8AMTSh \u201cTerminator\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 a modern armed assault version; <strong>Mi-171 \/ Mi-172<\/strong> are the current commercial and military build standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">07<\/span><span class=\"t\">The Mil Mi-8 \/ Mi-17\u2019s operating costs: what a Hip costs to buy and fly<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>Costs vary widely with variant, contract and customer. Export <strong>Mi-17<\/strong> prices are frequently reported in the region of <strong>USD 10\u201325 million<\/strong> depending on configuration, with full packages (training, spares and support) running higher per aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost per flight hour<\/strong> is commonly estimated at roughly <strong>USD 2,000\u20134,000 or more<\/strong>, but published figures differ widely depending on what is counted (fuel only, or fuel plus maintenance, overhaul and support) and on the operator. Treat any single number as an estimate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr>\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">Armament &amp; payload<\/p>\n<h2>The Hip can be armed heavily, but its real payload is twenty-four soldiers and four tonnes of freight<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">Armed Mi-8s carry a genuinely serious load &mdash; six pylons, up to 1,500 kg of stores in practice, rocket pods, gun pods, bombs and on the Mi-8AMTSh guided anti-tank missiles. Crews in Afghanistan and Chechnya used all of it. But it is worth being blunt about what this is: a fifteen-tonne transport helicopter with weapons bolted to the sides. It is large, it is not agile, its sight is a simple collimating reticle on most marks, and it cannot manoeuvre or absorb damage the way a purpose-built gunship can. Against an unsuppressed heavy machine gun it is a big target; against a MANPADS it is a very big one. The Mi-24 exists precisely because the Soviet Army tried the armed Mi-8 first and found it wanting. What the armed Hip does well is escort and support its own transports on a mission it was already flying &mdash; suppressing a landing zone, working over a treeline, covering an extraction &mdash; and doing so with the same airframe, the same crews and the same spares as the transports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">The transport numbers are the ones that decided wars. Twenty-four troops, or twelve stretchers with an attendant, or four tonnes in the cabin, or four tonnes under the belly hook. Clamshell rear doors on the first generation, a proper hydraulic loading ramp on the Mi-8MTV-5 and Mi-171Sh, and a cargo box square enough to swallow a light vehicle or a howitzer trail. Almost every Hip ever built has spent most of its life doing that rather than shooting at anything. <span class=\"imp\">Fits vary enormously by mark and operator; an Mi-8T with two rocket pods and an Mi-171Sh with a turret, Ataka missiles and armour are separated by forty years and are barely the same weapons system.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"armgrid\">\n<div class=\"armcard\">\n<h4>Door &amp; ramp guns<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>7.62 mm PKT machine guns on pintles in the port cargo doorway and the starboard forward window &mdash; the near-universal fit, usually manned by the flight engineer.<\/li>\n<li>12.7 mm A-12.7 or NSVT machine gun in a bow mounting on armed marks: the Mi-8TV, Mi-8TB and the armed second-generation aircraft. Aimed by the pilot with the whole airframe.<\/li>\n<li>Ramp-mounted PKT or 12.7 mm gun on ramp-equipped Mi-8MTV-5 and Mi-171Sh airframes, covering the rear quarter that no other station can.<\/li>\n<li>Field fits are endemic: Ukrainian, Afghan and African crews have mounted DShK and PKM guns wherever a frame member would take the load.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"armcard\">\n<h4>Rockets &amp; gun pods<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>57 mm S-5 rockets in UB-16-57 <span class=\"imp\">(16 rounds)<\/span> or UB-32 <span class=\"imp\">(32 rounds)<\/span> pods &mdash; the classic first-generation fit, up to six pods.<\/li>\n<li>80 mm S-8 rockets in B-8V20A pods <span class=\"imp\">(20 rounds)<\/span> &mdash; the standard on the Mi-8MTV and later, with high-explosive, fragmentation, thermobaric and flechette heads.<\/li>\n<li>UPK-23-250 gun pod: a 23 mm GSh-23L twin-barrel cannon with 250 rounds. Two of these give the Hip more strafing weight than most gunships carry internally, at the cost of drag and a fixed aiming line.<\/li>\n<li>GUV-8700 universal weapon pod, containing either a 12.7 mm four-barrel YakB gatling with two 7.62 mm GShG guns, or an AGS-17 30 mm automatic grenade launcher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"armcard\">\n<h4>Guided missiles<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>9M17 Falanga-M <span class=\"imp\">(AT-2 Swatter)<\/span> &mdash; four radio-command anti-tank missiles on the Mi-8TV <span class=\"imp\">(Hip-F)<\/span>. Slow, manually flown and close to useless under fire.<\/li>\n<li>9M114 Shturm-V <span class=\"imp\">(AT-6 Spiral)<\/span> &mdash; cleared on some second-generation armed Mi-8MTV airframes, in the same tube launchers the Mi-24V used.<\/li>\n<li>9M120 Ataka-V <span class=\"imp\">(AT-9 Spiral-2)<\/span> &mdash; the Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-171Sh weapon, up to eight rounds, with tandem-shaped-charge, thermobaric and fragmentation warheads. This, not the Shturm, is the missile fitted to production &quot;Terminator&quot; aircraft.<\/li>\n<li>9K38 Igla-V infrared air-to-air missiles for self-defence on late Russian marks &mdash; cleared, carried, and essentially never used in anger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"armcard\">\n<h4>Bombs &amp; dispensers<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>FAB-100, FAB-250 and FAB-500 general-purpose bombs on the inboard pylons &mdash; unusual for a transport helicopter, and used routinely in Afghanistan.<\/li>\n<li>OFAB fragmentation and ZAB incendiary bombs; ODAB thermobaric bombs against caves and fortified compounds.<\/li>\n<li>KMGU-2 submunition and mine dispensers, used to seed the approaches to firebases and to close mountain tracks.<\/li>\n<li>RBK cluster bombs and, on some Soviet-era aircraft, chemical smoke-laying and decontamination equipment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"armcard\">\n<h4>Troops, cargo &amp; slung loads<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>24 equipped troops on folding side benches; up to 36 in the high-density Mi-8MTV-5 fit. This is the Hip&rsquo;s actual weapon.<\/li>\n<li>4,000 kg <span class=\"imp\">(8,820 lb)<\/span> internally through the rear ramp or clamshell doors and the port cargo door.<\/li>\n<li>4,000 kg <span class=\"imp\">(8,820 lb)<\/span> on the belly hook &mdash; 5,000 kg <span class=\"imp\">(11,020 lb)<\/span> on the Mi-171A2. Slung artillery pieces, fuel bladders, drilling equipment, transformers and generators are all routine.<\/li>\n<li>A cabin 5.34 m long, 2.34 m wide and 1.80 m high, with a floor stressed for vehicles &mdash; and, on ramp aircraft, the ability to drive them in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"armcard\">\n<h4>Medevac, rescue &amp; mission fits<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>12 stretchers plus a seat for a medical attendant; the Mi-17-1VA flying-hospital version carried an operating table and intensive-care equipment.<\/li>\n<li>LPG-150M or SLG-300 rescue hoist over the starboard door, with 150&ndash;300 kg capacity.<\/li>\n<li>Firefighting: Bambi-type buckets and belly tanks of up to 4,000 litres, plus a spot-fire nozzle. Russian, Chinese and Malaysian civil operators do most of their flying this way.<\/li>\n<li>Mission-specific conversions run to airborne command posts <span class=\"imp\">(Mi-19)<\/span>, electronic-warfare jammers <span class=\"imp\">(Mi-8MTPR-1 with Rychag-AV)<\/span>, signals intelligence, aerial survey, geophysical work and VIP interiors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loadouts\">\n<h4>Three typical loadouts<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Air assault, Mi-8MTV-5<\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">24 troops with weapons and ammunition, cabin auxiliary fuel deleted, two B-8V20A rocket pods on the inboard pylons for landing-zone suppression, PKT guns in both forward windows and on the ramp, ASO-2V flares armed. The pods are there so the aircraft can cover its own approach without waiting for an escort.<\/dd>\n<dt>Armed escort, Mi-8AMTSh<\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">Four 9M120 Ataka-V missiles on the outboard rails, two B-8V20A rocket pods inboard, one UPK-23-250 gun pod, electro-optical turret working, half a troop load in the cabin. In practice the missiles stay for hard point targets and the rockets and gun do the work.<\/dd>\n<dt>Casualty evacuation and resupply<\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">Pylons stripped, 12 stretcher fittings rigged, medical attendant aboard, auxiliary cabin tank fitted for radius, door gun retained. The mission the Hip has flown more than any other, in about sixty countries, for close to sixty years.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"spx-note\"><span class=\"imp\">Sourcing caveat: Russian and export brochure loads differ from what units actually fly, and few operators publish their standard fits. Pylon counts vary by mark &mdash; four on the Mi-8T and Mi-8MTV-3, six on most other armed marks &mdash; and several second-generation aircraft in Ukrainian, Georgian and African service carry locally integrated stores that appear in no manufacturer&rsquo;s document.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr>\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">Variants<\/p>\n<h2>Two generations of Hip, one designation, and an export nameplate that confuses almost everyone<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">The Mi-8 splits cleanly in two. The first generation &mdash; Mi-8T, Mi-8P and their relatives &mdash; runs on TV2-117 engines, has a starboard pusher tail rotor and clamshell rear doors, and dates from the mid-1960s. The second generation, from the Mi-8MT of 1975, has TV3-117 engines, a port-side tractor tail rotor, oval exhausts with infrared suppressors, engine intake dust filters and considerably more armour. Everything since is a development of that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">The naming is the part that trips people up. <strong>Mi-17 is not a different helicopter<\/strong>: it is the export designation for the second-generation Mi-8M series, adopted because &quot;Mi-8&quot; had come to mean the older aircraft in foreign eyes. The same airframe from Kazan is an Mi-8MTV at home and an Mi-17V-5 abroad; from Ulan-Ude it is an Mi-8AMT at home and an Mi-171 abroad. Most of the world&rsquo;s &quot;Mi-8&quot; fleets are in fact Mi-17s or Mi-171s, and a great many published operator tables silently mix the three.<\/p>\n<dl class=\"varlist\">\n<dt>V-8 \/ V-8A <span class=\"imp\">(1961&ndash;64, 5 prototypes)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">Single-engine V-8 flew first; the twin-engine V-8A of August 1962 was the first Soviet helicopter with purpose-built turboshafts. The fourth prototype swapped the four-blade rotor for five to cure vibration.<\/dd>\n<dt>Mi-8T <span class=\"imp\">(Hip-C, 1965&ndash;90s, several thousand)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">The original military transport: TV2-117 engines, clamshell doors, round windows, 24 troops, and provision for four pylons. The aircraft most people picture when they hear &quot;Mi-8&quot;.<\/dd>\n<dt>Mi-8P \/ Mi-8PS <span class=\"imp\">(1965&ndash;, civil)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">Civil passenger version with large square cabin windows and 28 airline seats; the PS is the VIP fit. Aeroflot took hundreds and flew them on scheduled routes into places with no runway.<\/dd>\n<dt>Mi-8TV \/ Mi-8TB <span class=\"imp\">(Hip-E\/F, 1970s)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">The first properly armed Hip &mdash; six pylons, a 12.7 mm bow gun and four 9M17 Falanga missiles. Heavily armed, and the experiment that convinced the Soviet Army it needed the purpose-built Mi-24 instead.<\/dd>\n<dt>Mi-8MT \/ Mi-17 <span class=\"imp\">(Hip-H, 1975&ndash;)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">The second generation. TV3-117MT engines, port tractor tail rotor, dust filters, infrared suppressors. Exported as the Mi-17 from 1981 and the basis of everything that followed.<\/dd>\n<dt>Mi-8MTV \/ Mi-17-1V <span class=\"imp\">(1980s&ndash;)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">The hot-and-high mark, with high-altitude TV3-117VM engines that lifted the service ceiling to 6,000 m and the out-of-ground-effect hover to nearly 4,000 m. Developed with Afghanistan directly in mind.<\/dd>\n<dt>Mi-8MTV-5 \/ Mi-17V-5 <span class=\"imp\">(1996&ndash;, several hundred)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">The current Kazan military standard and the baseline here: rear loading ramp in place of clamshell doors, a bulged &quot;dolphin&quot; nose for extra avionics and freight, an extra port door, night-vision-compatible lighting. India took 151, Russia over 130.<\/dd>\n<dt>Mi-8AMT \/ Mi-171 <span class=\"imp\">(1991&ndash;, Ulan-Ude)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">Ulan-Ude&rsquo;s parallel line, sold heavily on the civil market. The Mi-171E is cleared from &minus;50 to +50 &deg;C; the certificated Mi-171A2 and offshore Mi-171A3 are the modern civil offering.<\/dd>\n<dt>Mi-8AMTSh \/ Mi-171Sh <span class=\"imp\">(2002&ndash;, &quot;Terminator&quot;)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">The armed assault version: armour, an electro-optical turret, 9M120 Ataka missiles, President-S countermeasures. Bought by Russia, China, Algeria, Peru, Czechia, Croatia, Ghana and Bangladesh. The Mi-8AMTSh-VN &quot;Sapsan&quot; is the special-forces fire-support development.<\/dd>\n<dt>Mi-8MTPR-1 <span class=\"imp\">(2014&ndash;, ~18 for Russia)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">Electronic-warfare conversion of the Mi-8MTV-5-1 carrying the Rychag-AV jammer against air-defence and airborne radars. One of the more genuinely useful modern Hip derivatives, and one Ukraine has hunted deliberately.<\/dd>\n<dt>Mi-14 <span class=\"imp\">(Haze, 1973&ndash;86, ~270)<\/span><\/dt>\n<dd style=\"text-align:left\">Not an Mi-8 variant but a direct derivative: an amphibious anti-submarine helicopter with a boat hull and sponsons, built on Mi-8MT dynamics. Worth listing because it is where a good deal of second-generation engineering was proved.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"spx-note\"><span class=\"imp\">Closing caveat: this list is a fraction of the whole. Russian and export sub-marks run into the hundreds &mdash; at least a dozen distinct electronic-warfare fits alone, plus command posts, signals-intelligence aircraft, minelayers, flying hospitals, aerial-survey and geophysical conversions, and licence-adjacent Chinese assembly of the Mi-171 at Sichuan Lantian. Production totals for individual marks are unpublished; the figures above are best estimates from plant statements and delivery reporting rather than audited numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Timeline<\/div>\n<h2>The Mil Mi-8 Hip: a timeline from the V-8 prototype to the Mi-171<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tl\">\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1960<\/div>\n<h3>Mil begins the V-8<\/h3>\n<p>The Mil Design Bureau begins work on the V-8, a turbine-powered medium helicopter to replace the piston-engined Mi-4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1961<\/div>\n<h3>V-8 prototype first flight<\/h3>\n<p>The single-engine V-8 prototype makes its first flight on 24 June 1961.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1962<\/div>\n<h3>The twin-engine V-8A<\/h3>\n<p>The definitive twin-engine V-8A (with two TV2-117 turboshafts) first flies, setting the pattern for the production Mi-8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1965<\/div>\n<h3>Mi-8 enters production<\/h3>\n<p>The Mi-8 is shown publicly and enters series production at Kazan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1967<\/div>\n<h3>Mi-8 in service and export<\/h3>\n<p>The Mi-8 enters Soviet military and civil service and begins its huge export career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1979<\/div>\n<h3>Workhorse over Afghanistan<\/h3>\n<p>The Mi-8 becomes the workhorse and improvised gunship of the Soviet war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1981<\/div>\n<h3>The Mi-8MT \/ Mi-17<\/h3>\n<p>The re-engined Mi-8MT (exported as the Mi-17), with more powerful TV3-117 engines, enters production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">Today<\/div>\n<h3>60+ years and 17,000+ built<\/h3>\n<p>As the Mi-17, Mi-171 and Mi-8AMTSh, the Hip remains in production \u2014 the most-produced helicopter ever, flown by 100+ nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Stories &amp; Eyewitnesses<\/div>\n<h2>The Mil Mi-8 Hip in action: notable roles, wars and variants<\/h2>\n<div class=\"car\"><button class=\"cbtn p\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('stcar').scrollBy({left:-712,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u2039<\/button><button class=\"cbtn n\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('stcar').scrollBy({left:712,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u203a<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\" id=\"stcar\">\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Afghanistan<\/div>\n<h4>Afghanistan, 1979\u201389: the Hip goes to war<\/h4>\n<p>The Mi-8 became the Soviet Army\u2019s indispensable workhorse and improvised gunship.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full account<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Through the Soviet\u2013Afghan war the Mi-8 flew almost every mission imaginable \u2014 inserting and extracting troops, hauling supplies to isolated outposts, evacuating casualties, and, with rocket pods and bombs on its stub pylons, attacking ground targets. Operating from hot, high mountain strips, it took heavy losses to ground fire and shoulder-launched missiles, yet remained the backbone of Soviet air mobility.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Most produced<\/div>\n<h4>The most-produced helicopter in history<\/h4>\n<p>More than 17,000 Mi-8\/Mi-17 aircraft have reportedly been built.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full account<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">No other helicopter has been made in such numbers. Built at Kazan and Ulan-Ude since the 1960s, the Mi-8\/Mi-17 family is commonly cited at well over 17,000 aircraft \u2014 a figure that dwarfs any Western rival and reflects both huge Soviet and Russian domestic use and one of the largest helicopter export programmes ever mounted.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">One airframe<\/div>\n<h4>The Swiss-army-knife helicopter<\/h4>\n<p>Troop carrier, ambulance, gunship, VIP jet, firefighter \u2014 all the same aircraft.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full account<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Few aircraft have been adapted to as many roles as the Mi-8. The same basic machine has served as a troop and cargo transport, a flying hospital, an airborne command post, an electronic-warfare and jamming platform, a search-and-rescue and polar helicopter, a firefighting water-bomber, a luxurious VIP \u201cSalon\u201d, and a heavily armed assault gunship. That adaptability is the core of its success.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Gunship<\/div>\n<h4>Rockets, bombs and gun pods: the armed Hip<\/h4>\n<p>Stub pylons turn the transport into a gunship.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full account<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Unlike most Western transport helicopters, many Mi-8s carry hardpoints on stub wings. Armed variants such as the Mi-8TV and the modern Mi-8AMTSh \u201cTerminator\u201d can carry rocket pods, bombs, gun pods and guided missiles, letting a single airframe both deliver troops and provide its own fire support \u2014 a capability used from Afghanistan to today\u2019s conflicts.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Engines<\/div>\n<h4>Why two Klimov turboshafts changed everything<\/h4>\n<p>Twin engines gave the Hip power and survivability.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full account<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">The move from the single-engine V-8 prototype to a twin-engine design was decisive. Two Klimov turboshafts \u2014 TV2-117, later the more powerful TV3-117 \u2014 gave the Mi-8 the power to lift heavy loads from hot, high strips and the redundancy to keep flying if one engine was lost. The TV3-117 upgrade that created the Mi-17 dramatically improved performance in mountains and heat.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Cold War exports<\/div>\n<h4>The helicopter of the Eastern Bloc \u2014 and far beyond<\/h4>\n<p>The Mi-8 became the standard helicopter of a hundred nations.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full account<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Through the Cold War the Soviet Union exported the Mi-8 across the Warsaw Pact and to friendly states throughout Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Rugged, cheap to operate and easy to maintain, it became the default medium helicopter for dozens of air forces \u2014 a position the Mi-17 still holds in much of the world today.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Civil work<\/div>\n<h4>Oilfields, mountains and the Arctic<\/h4>\n<p>The Mi-8 does hard civilian work where roads end.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full account<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Beyond the military, thousands of Mi-8s earn their living in the civil world \u2014 supporting oil and gas fields, mining and construction in Siberia, flying passengers and freight to remote settlements, and operating in the Arctic and Antarctic. Civil operators in Russia, the CIS and elsewhere run genuine passenger, charter and sightseeing flights, though none of that is bookable through MiGFlug.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Firefighting<\/div>\n<h4>The Hip as a flying fire engine<\/h4>\n<p>Water buckets and belly tanks make the Mi-8 a firefighter.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full account<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Fitted with underslung Bambi buckets or belly tanks, Mi-8\/Mi-17 helicopters fight wildfires across Russia and around the world, and support disaster relief after floods and earthquakes. Their lifting power and rugged simplicity make them as valuable to emergency services as to armies.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Combat spread<\/div>\n<h4>From the Middle East to Africa and Asia<\/h4>\n<p>The Mi-8 has seen combat on nearly every continent.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full account<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Beyond Afghanistan, the Mi-8\/Mi-17 has been used in conflict by operators across the world \u2014 in the Middle East, throughout Africa\u2019s civil wars, in South and Southeast Asia and in Latin America. Its combination of transport capacity and, on armed versions, striking power has made it a fixture of low- and medium-intensity warfare for over half a century.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Longevity<\/div>\n<h4>The 60-year helicopter still in production<\/h4>\n<p>Few helicopters have stayed in production this long.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full account<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">First flown in 1961, the Mi-8 has been built and improved continuously ever since. The modern Mi-17, Mi-171 and Mi-8AMTSh keep the design current, and Russian Helicopters continues to produce and export the type \u2014 ensuring the Hip will keep flying well into a second half-century of service.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Gallery<\/div>\n<h2>Mil Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 Hip photos: the world&amp;rsquo;s helicopter up close<\/h2>\n<div class=\"car\"><button class=\"cbtn p\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('gal').scrollBy({left:-660,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u2039<\/button><button class=\"cbtn n\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('gal').scrollBy({left:660,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u203a<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"track gal\" id=\"gal\">\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/soviet-mil-mi-8-hip-helicopter-scaled.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1616413349  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/soviet-mil-mi-8-hip-helicopter-scaled.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Soviet-built Mil Mi-8 Hip medium transport helicopter\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption><span>A Mil Mi-8 \u201cHip\u201d, the definitive Soviet medium transport helicopter. Photo: Peer.Gynt (CC BY-SA 2.0).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-8amt-hip-russian-helicopters.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1970175178  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-8amt-hip-russian-helicopters.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Mil Mi-8AMT Hip helicopter in Russian Helicopters colours\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption><span>A modern Mil Mi-8AMT \u201cHip\u201d in Russian Helicopters colours. Photo: Alan Wilson (CC BY-SA 2.0).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-17-hip-export-helicopter-1-scaled.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1627054273  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-17-hip-export-helicopter-1-scaled.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Mil Mi-17-1V Hip export version of the Mi-8 helicopter\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption><span>A Mil Mi-17-1V \u201cHip\u201d, the export and upgraded designation of the Mi-8. Photo: Alan Wilson (CC BY-SA 2.0).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/afghan-mil-mi-17-hip-helicopter-shindand-scaled.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=788271171  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/afghan-mil-mi-17-hip-helicopter-shindand-scaled.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Afghan Air Force Mil Mi-17 Hip helicopter at Shindand\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption><span>An Afghan Mil Mi-17 \u201cHip\u201d on the ramp at Shindand, 2011. Photo: Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith, U.S. Air Force (public domain).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-8tb-hip-german-armed-transport-scaled.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1243038049  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-8tb-hip-german-armed-transport-scaled.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Mil Mi-8TB Hip armed transport helicopter in German markings\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption><span>A Mil Mi-8TB \u201cHip\u201d in German markings, an armed transport version. Photo: Alan Wilson (CC BY-SA 2.0).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-17-hip-aerial-door-gunner-scaled.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=490050662  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-17-hip-aerial-door-gunner-scaled.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Aerial gunner aboard an Afghan Air Force Mil Mi-17 Hip\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption><span>An aerial gunner aboard an Afghan Air Force Mil Mi-17 \u201cHip\u201d. Photo: Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson, U.S. Air Force (public domain).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-17-hip-mexican-air-force-scaled.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1604894446  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mil-mi-17-hip-mexican-air-force-scaled.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Mexican Air Force FAM Mil Mi-17 Hip helicopter\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption><span>A Mexican Air Force (FAM) Mil Mi-17 \u201cHip\u201d. Photo: Jalbersr (CC BY-SA 4.0).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Watch<\/div>\n<h2>The Mil Mi-8 Hip on screen: the most-produced helicopter in history<\/h2>\n<div class=\"vidwrap\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iDKHlY2CMUM\" title=\"Why is there hate for the Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 Helicopter? (Matsimus)\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:14px;font-size:13.5px;color:#8b94a5\">Matsimus \u00b7 \u201cWhy is there hate for the Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 Helicopter?\u201d \u2014 an established military-aviation channel walks through the Mi-8\/Mi-17\u2019s design, versatility and reputation as the most-produced helicopter in history (170k+ views).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Operations<\/div>\n<h2>Where the Mil Mi-8 Hip flies: origin, combat use and operators<\/h2>\n<div id=\"mi8-map-widget\" style=\"font-family:'Gilroy semiBold','Gilroy regular',Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;max-width:1080px;width:100%;\">\n<div id=\"mi8-map-container\" style=\"width:100%;position:relative\"><svg id=\"mi8-map-svg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;display:block\"><\/svg><\/p>\n<div id=\"mi8-tooltip\" 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el=document.getElementById(\"mi8-data\");var js=decodeURIComponent(escape(atob(el.getAttribute(\"data-js\"))));var sc=document.createElement(\"script\");sc.text=js;document.body.appendChild(sc);})();<\/script><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr>\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">Operators today<\/p>\n<h2>The Hip serves with more air forces than any other helicopter, and no two of them count it the same way<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">Somewhere well over fifty air forces fly the Mi-8\/Mi-17 family today, plus paramilitary services, police forces, disaster agencies and a large civil fleet; earlier tallies of around eighty countries include historical operators. Counting it is genuinely hard. Most foreign &quot;Mi-8&quot; fleets are actually Mi-17 or Mi-171 export variants; national inventories mix first- and second-generation airframes under one line; and a Hip that has not flown in five years still appears on paper. The figures below are rounded estimates for the largest military fleets, and only where two independent sources agreed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fleetchart\">\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">Russia<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:100%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">~500<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">China<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:46%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">~230<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">India<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:44%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">~220<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">Algeria<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:18%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">~90<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">Ukraine<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:14%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">~70<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">Pakistan<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:13%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">~65<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">Egypt<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:9%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">~45<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">Bangladesh<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:7%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">~35<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"frow\"><span class=\"fname\">Czechia<\/span><span class=\"fbar\"><i style=\"width:4%\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fnum\">20<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"spx-note\"><span class=\"imp\">These are estimates and should be read as orders of magnitude, not inventories. Russia&rsquo;s figure is the widest: analysts working from procurement records put roughly 300 Mi-8s with the Aerospace Forces proper, while counts that include naval aviation, the FSB Border Service, the National Guard and other ministries run past 500. China&rsquo;s figure is the People&rsquo;s Liberation Army Ground Force Aviation total alone; India&rsquo;s rests on 151 Mi-17V-5 delivered by 2016 plus surviving earlier Mi-17 and Mi-17-1V. Other substantial fleets &mdash; Kazakhstan, Peru, Venezuela, Poland, Mexico, Colombia, Belarus, Indonesia, Vietnam, Nigeria and around forty more &mdash; are omitted only because published counts for them could not be corroborated from two sources, not because they are small. Afghanistan&rsquo;s status is unresolved: the Taliban inherited a substantial Mi-17 fleet in 2021, but how much of it is airworthy is unknown. Sources: IISS The Military Balance and FlightGlobal World Air Forces; entries that could not be corroborated are omitted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Combat Record<\/div>\n<h2>The Mil Mi-8 Hip in combat: from Afghanistan to today<\/h2>\n<p>The Mi-8\/Mi-17 is one of the most combat-used helicopters ever built, in continuous frontline service since the 1960s. It has flown as troop transport, supply ship, casualty-evacuation aircraft and, in its armed versions, as a gunship \u2014 from the Soviet war in Afghanistan through conflicts across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and, most recently, Ukraine. Specific loss and production figures vary between sources and should be treated as estimates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"combat\">\n<div class=\"cstat\"><b>1979<\/b><span>Workhorse &amp; gunship over Afghanistan<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cstat\"><b>17,000+<\/b><span>Built \u00b7 most-produced helicopter ever<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cstat\"><b>100+<\/b><span>Nations operating the Hip<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:26px;font-size:14.5px;color:#454e5e\">Compare the <a href=\"\/fighter-jet-combat-statistics\/\">Explore the combat record of every military aircraft<\/a>. Data as of July 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"faq\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Questions &amp; Answers<\/div>\n<h2>Mil Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 Hip: frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"qa\">\n<details open=\"\">\n<summary>Can I fly in a Mil Mi-8?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Not through MiGFlug \u2014 we do not offer a Mi-8 flight. The Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 \u201cHip\u201d is a workhorse passenger and utility helicopter, and civil-operated Mi-8 ride and charter flights genuinely do exist in Russia, the CIS and elsewhere \u2014 but none of that is bookable through us. What MiGFlug <b>does<\/b> offer is the chance to fly in a real fighter jet, something civilians have done with us since 2004. See the current options at <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/\">migflug.com\/flights-prices\/<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the Mil Mi-8 Hip?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The Mil Mi-8 is a twin-turbine medium transport helicopter designed by the Soviet Mil Design Bureau. It has a large cabin with clamshell rear doors, a five-blade main rotor and two turboshaft engines, first flew in 1961, entered service in the 1960s, and is the most-produced helicopter in history.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the difference between the Mi-8 and the Mi-17?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">They are the same basic helicopter. The Mi-17 is the export designation of the upgraded Mi-8MT, which introduced more powerful Klimov TV3-117 engines and better hot-and-high performance. Modern versions are also sold as the Mi-171 and Mi-172.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Who makes the Mil Mi-8 \/ Mi-17?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">It was designed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and is built at the Kazan Helicopters and Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant factories, both now part of Russian Helicopters, which continues to produce and modernise the type.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How many Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 helicopters have been built?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">More than 17,000 aircraft are commonly cited, which makes the Mi-8\/Mi-17 family the most-produced helicopter in history. Exact totals vary between sources because production has continued across several factories for over 60 years.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How fast is the Mi-8 and how far can it fly?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Maximum speed is about 250 km\/h (roughly 135 knots), with a cruise around 225 km\/h. Range on internal fuel is on the order of 450 to 500 km, and greater with auxiliary fuel tanks.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What engines does the Mi-8 use?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Early Mi-8T aircraft use two Klimov TV2-117 turboshafts of about 1,700 shp each. The upgraded Mi-8MT\/Mi-17 uses two more powerful TV3-117 turboshafts of roughly 1,950 shp each, greatly improving performance in heat and at altitude.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Has the Mil Mi-8 been used in combat?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Yes, extensively. The Mi-8 was the Soviet workhorse and improvised gunship of the 1979-89 war in Afghanistan, and the type has since seen combat across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and, most recently, the war in Ukraine, both as a transport and, in armed versions, as a gunship.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Which countries operate the Mi-8 \/ Mi-17?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">More than 100 nations have operated the Hip, from the former Soviet states and Warsaw Pact members to air forces and civil operators across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America \u2014 making it one of the most widely exported helicopters ever built.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"adin\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The part of the collection you can touch<\/div>\n<h2>You can\u2019t fly the Mi-8 Hip.<br \/>These, you can.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"adp\">Some legends only live in museums \u2014 others are fuelled and waiting. 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alt=\"Lockheed F-104 Starfighter side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the F-104 Starfighter<\/b><span>\u201cThe missile with a man in it\u201d<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/mig-21-launch\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the MiG-21<\/b><span>The Cold War\u2019s most-produced jet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/t-33-in-canada\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the T-33 Shooting Star<\/b><span>America\u2019s first jet trainer<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/vampire-flight-near-london\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"de Havilland Vampire side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the DH Vampire<\/b><span>A piece of early jet history<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/s-211-jet-flight-munich\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"SIAI-Marchetti S.211 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the S.211<\/b><span>Agile Italian jet trainer<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/l-39-mb-326-jet-provost-in-italy\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Aermacchi MB-326 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the MB-326<\/b><span>The classic Aermacchi jet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/mig-15-fagot-czech-republic\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the MiG-15<\/b><span>The Soviet legend of the Korean War<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/\">See all flights &amp; prices<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"padding-top:44px\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Related Aircraft<\/div>\n<h2>More from the Military Aircraft Encyclopedia<\/h2>\n<div class=\"relgrid\"><a class=\"rel\" href=\"\/aircraft\/mi-24-hind\/\"><span class=\"rk\">Attack helicopter<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Mil Mi-24 \u201cHind\u201d<\/span><span class=\"rp\">The flying tank that grew from the Mi-8\u2019s dynamics into a gunship that also carries troops.<\/span><span class=\"go\">View exhibit<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"\/aircraft\/ch-47-chinook\/\"><span class=\"rk\">Heavy-lift helicopter<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Boeing CH-47 Chinook<\/span><span class=\"rp\">The West\u2019s definitive heavy lifter, the tandem-rotor counterpart to the Soviet workhorse.<\/span><span class=\"go\">View exhibit<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"\/aircraft\/uh-1-huey\/\"><span class=\"rk\">Utility helicopter<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Bell UH-1 Iroquois \u201cHuey\u201d<\/span><span class=\"rp\">America\u2019s iconic medium helicopter \u2014 the Western equivalent of the Hip\u2019s universal role.<\/span><span class=\"go\">View exhibit<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section style=\"padding:48px 0 64px\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Sources<\/div>\n<h2>Mil Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 Hip: sources &amp;amp; further reading<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"srclist\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rus-helicopters.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian Helicopters<\/a><span>Russian Helicopters \u2014 official manufacturer of the Mi-8\/Mi-17\/Mi-171 family, overviews and specifications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mil.ru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian Ministry of Defence<\/a><span>Russian Ministry of Defence \u2014 service context for the Mi-8\/Mi-17 in Russian military use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce-technology.com\/projects\/mi-17-hip-h-multirole-helicopter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Airforce Technology<\/a><span>Airforce Technology \u2014 detailed Mi-17 Hip dimensions, powerplant, performance and variants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baesystems.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BAE \/ industry references<\/a><span>BAE \/ industry references \u2014 general context on rotary-wing avionics and upgrades.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/russia\/mi-8.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GlobalSecurity.org<\/a><span>GlobalSecurity.org \u2014 Mi-8\/Mi-17 variant histories and programme background.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imperial War Museum<\/a><span>Imperial War Museum \u2014 context on Cold War and Soviet military aviation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum<\/a><span>Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum \u2014 context on rotary-wing aviation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MiGFlug Afterburner<\/a><span>MiGFlug Afterburner \u2014 the magazine behind this encyclopedia, on military aviation and jet flights.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"finenote\">Hero and gallery photography: U.S. Air Force \/ NASA, public domain. 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